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June 18, 2012 Issue

Volume 90, Issue 25
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June 18, 2012 Issue, Vol. 90 | Iss. 25

Rethinking Antibody-Drug Conjugates

Following the recent success of two conjugates, companies are focused on developing the next generation of the cancer technology
By Lisa M. Jarvis
(pp. 12-18)
Features
Government & Policy

Chemical Arms Disposal Plods On

Latest estimates of longer time and higher cost reflect conservative approach, not trouble (pp. 29-31)
Science & Technology

Molecular Gastronomy Cooks Up Strange Plate-Fellows

Controversial theory of flavor pairing seeks to illuminate why foods go together well (pp. 37-40)
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News of the Week

New Way To Hit Alzheimer’s Target: Caspase-6 Inhibitor

Drug Discovery: Agent with novel mechanism improves selectivity for caspase-6 enzyme
(p.7)

China Issues Rules On Breaking Pharmaceutical Patents

Intellectual Property: Guidelines likely to worry international drug manufacturers
(p.8)

Senate Takes Up Two NRC Nominees

Nuclear Panel: Partisan split may not stymie confirmation
(p.8)

Metal-Oxo Papers Retracted

Inorganic Chemistry: Key papers withdrawn after structural data found to have been misinterpreted
(p.9)

Sachtleben Buys German Plant

Titanium Dioxide: Short supply spurs another deal in the white pigment business
(p.9)

A123 Touts Improved Battery For Electric Cars, Other Markets?

Technology: Improvement in battery chemistry promises higher performance
(p.10)

Long-Life Lithium-Air Battery

Electrochemistry: Unusually stable electrolyte advances promising energy-storage technology
(p.10)

Boron Wrangled Into Stable Triple Bond, Four-Atom Chain

Main-Group Chemistry: Exotic species represent new forays into boron bonding
(p.11)

EPA Urged To Act On Plant Safety

Clean Air Act: Ex-chief says agency should use law to reduce hazards at chemical facilities
(p.11)
 

Departments

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Business

India Reaps Benefits Of Carbon Program

Sale of carbon credits is windfall for companies, but heady days are coming to an end
(pp. 22-24)

Chemical Executive Spirits Are Lifted By Natural Gas

Cheap natural gas helps chemical executives at annual meeting look beyond the shaky economy
(pp. 26-27)

Rethinking Antibody-Drug Conjugates

Following the recent success of two conjugates, companies are focused on developing the next generation of the cancer technology
(pp. 12-18)
Concentrates(pp. 20-21)
  1. Japanese Cracker To Close
  2. GFS Will Expand Rare-Earths Output
  3. Merszei Retiring From Dow
  4. FMC Acquires U.K. Colorants Business
  5. Waters, U.K. Agency Plan Food Safety Lab
  6. DuPont Invests In Carbon Nanotube Firm
  7. Solvay Readies More Epichlorohydrin
  8. Pigment Dispersions Boosted At Cabot
  9. Celanese Will Build Texas Methanol Plant
  10. Lilly Invests In Chinese Generics
  11. Ubichem Acquires Site In Hungary
  12. Upsher-Smith To Buy Biotech Proximagen
  13. Pfizer To Spin Off Animal Health Unit
  14. Business Roundup

ACS News

Obituaries(p.43)
  1. Michael J. Welch
  2. Herbert Aschkenasy
  3. Lawrence Seibles
Awards(p.42)
  1. Lemelson-MIT Prize To Stephen Quake
  2. Alan Marshall Awarded Nichols Medal
  3. Bruce Ganem Wins Esselen Award
  4. Frasch Foundation Grants Awarded
  5. Inaugural Overberger Prize To Yoshio Okamoto
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Government & Policy

Chemical Arms Disposal Plods On

Latest estimates of longer time and higher cost reflect conservative approach, not trouble
(pp. 29-31)
Concentrates(p.28)
  1. NIH Drug-Repurposing Program Expands
  2. EPA Extends Deadline For Reporting Data
  3. NRC Told To Review Waste Policies
  4. FDA Acts On Bisphenol A Petitions
  5. DOE Funds Projects On Manufacturing
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Science & Technology

Molecular Gastronomy Cooks Up Strange Plate-Fellows

Controversial theory of flavor pairing seeks to illuminate why foods go together well
(pp. 37-40)

New Applications For Glass Emerge

As current as smartphones, as eternal as ancient Chinese tea sets, glass enjoys a clear advantage in many applications
(pp. 34-36)

Grappling With The Elements

Documentary filmmakers explore the human side of the periodic table
(p.41)
Concentrates(pp. 32-33)
  1. Neanderthals May Have Been Cave Artists
  2. Zinc Dianion Drives Cross-Coupling
  3. Method Flags Side Effects
  4. Human Microbiome Mapped
  5. Low-Cost Hydrogenation Catalyst
  6. Eruptions Can Damage Ozone Layer
  7. Two-Metal Cage Comes Together
  8. Laser Method Yields Single-Atom-Thick Molybdenum Sulfide

Newscripts

A Primordial Composition, A Quantum Rap Album

(p.48)

Editor's Page

Prospects For Rio+20

(p.5)

Letters